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In a win for fast food workers, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued complaints alleging labor law violations against McDonald's USA and several of its franchisees on Friday, naming them as a "joint employer."

About 500 Chicago fast food workers and their supporters hit the city's downtown streets Thursday morning to call for a $15 an hour minimum wage and union recognition during a national day of strikes in 190 U.S. cities. Progress Illinois provides highlights from the Chicago protest.

Walmart workers and their allies plan to take part in what they expect to be the largest Black Friday strikes and protests ever at 1,600 Walmart stores nationwide, including in Chicago and other Illinois cities.